Corporate complicity with the Great Firewall

Dmitri VItalievLike its precursor, the Great Wall of China, the Great Firewall was constructed to guard China from waves of foreign influence and information intrusion. With the world’s spotlight on China and widespread criticism of its repressive actions, one should not forget that the knowledge and technology used to create the world’s most prominent Big Brother society was designed in the west, often by the very same corporations whose advertisements on TV take up the time between the relay race and the javelin competition. Read the full article on “The Guardian Online”:http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/13/china.censorship.